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THERE are some good points in this little book which will make it a useful help in many cases, especially with backward and dull pupils. The explanations are clear and precise; the exercises are very simple, and aim chiefly at insuring that the pupil really masters the idea involved in the definition illustrated; and good diagrams are supplied. We are sceptical, however, as to the advisability of representing “each of two or more lines which are parallel to one another by two straight lines close together” This is put forward as an assistance to the memory, but the assistance, such as it is, may be very dearly purchased.
The Definitions of Euclid, with Explanations and Exercises, and an Appendix of Exercises on the First Book.
By R. Webb. Pp. 48. (London: G. Bell and Sons, 1886.)
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The Definitions of Euclid, with Explanations and Exercises, and an Appendix of Exercises on the First Book . Nature 35, 340 (1887). https://doi.org/10.1038/035340a0
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